''Two Times Lotte'' (german: Das doppelte Lottchen) is a 1950 West German film, directed by

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and starring

Antje Weisgerber Antje Weisgerber (17 April 1922 – 28 September 2004) was a German film and television actress and the wife of actor Horst Caspar. Selected filmography * '' The White Hell of Pitz Palu'' (1950) * ''Two Times Lotte'' (1950) * ''The Stronger Woma ...

Peter Mosbacher Peter Mosbacher (1912–1977) was a German stage, film and television actor.Goble p.252 Selected filmography * ''Melody of a Great City'' (1943) * '' The Last Night'' (1949) * ''The Prisoner'' (1949) * ''Two Times Lotte'' (1950) * ''Harbour Mel ...

, Jutta Günther and

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.Davidson & Hake p. 237 Based on a 1949 novel ''

Lisa and Lottie ''Lisa and Lottie'' (original German title: ''Das doppelte Lottchen'', "The Double Lottie") (published since 2014 in the United Kingdom and Australia as ''The Parent Trap'') is a 1949 German novel by Erich Kästner, about twin girls separated in i ...

'' by

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, it was made by

Bavaria Film Bavaria Film is a German film production and film distribution, distribution company. It is one of Europe's largest film production companies, with some 30 subsidiaries. History The studios were founded in 1919, when Munich-raised film produc ...

at the

Emelka Studios Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film. History The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Fir ...

near

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Robert Herlth Robert Herlth (2 May 1893 – 6 January 1962) was a German art director. He was one of the leading designers of German film sets during the 1920s and 1930s.Reimer & Reimer p.146 Filmography * ''Masks'' (1920) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1921) * ' ...

and

Willy Schatz Willy Schatz (1903–1976) was a German art director of Baltic German origin. He designed the sets for numerous film productions in post-war West Germany including Fritz Lang's '' The Tiger of Eschnapur'' and '' The Indian Tomb'' in 1959.Langford p ...

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References

Bibliography

* Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. ''Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany''. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

* 1950 films 1950 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films based on Lottie and Lisa Films directed by Josef von Báky German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot at Bavaria Studios {{1950s-Germany-film-stub